23-Year-Old Woman Stabs Co-Wife To Death During Fight In Katsina
Rabiah Labaran , who is 23 years old, has been arrested and taken into custody by the police in Katsina State.
She got arrested after stabbing her co-wife, Zainab to death during an argument.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the incident occurred on Saturday at their residence located behind Dadi Primary School, Sabon Gari Area of Daura town, Daura Local Government.
‘On May 24, 2025, at about 2300 hours (11pm), a report was received at the Sabon Gari Division through one Nasir Yusuf, the husband, that he had returned home from the market and found his first wife, namely, Zainab Lawal ‘F’, 30 years old, lying in a pool of blood; she had been stabbed multiple times with a knife.
Upon receipt of the report, the DPO quickly led a team of cops to the scene of the incident and subsequently rushed the victim to Federal Medical Centre, Daura for medical attention, where she was declared a brought- in-dead patient by the doctor on duty.
During the investigation, her co-wife, one Rabi’a Labaran ‘F’, 23 years old, of the same address, was arrested in connection with the offence, where she confessed to the commission of the offence, stating that a misunderstanding with the deceased led to a scuffle and the tragic incident. Investigation is ongoing’ DSP Abubakar Sadiq, who is the spokesman for the state police command, submitted in a statement he issued in Katsina on Sunday.
The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Bello Shehu, he added, has urged members of the public to shun all acts of domestic violence and refrain from taking law into their own hands.
A legal action should be taken to seek redress where there are disputes as resort to self-help only ‘perpetuates harm and undermines the rule of law’-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
